Given how close-knit the Obama family seems to be, it was no surprise that both Michelle and Barack Obama would take to social media to share a Father’s Day message. What may have come as a bit of a surprise is how their Twitter fans reacted.

Michelle Obama started the process with a loving message on behalf of herself and their daughters Sasha and Malia.

Accompanying a throwback photo from when the Obamas’ daughters were just little girls, the former First Lady wrote, “Happy #FathersDay @BarackObama. Our daughters may be older and taller now, but they’ll always be your little girls. We love you.”

President Obama picked up the Twitter baton from there and replied a few minutes later with his own heartfelt message, one that will surely resonate with any father on this national holiday:

Of all that I've done in my life, I'm most proud to be Sasha and Malia's dad. To all those lucky enough to be a dad, Happy Father's Day! https://t.co/ya1YAJignC

Of course, as is the state of Twitter and today’s political climate, it also didn’t take long before the loving messages devolved into political debate and attacks on the former president and first lady’s children, among other classy twists and turns:

He saved nothing! Damn near destroyed everything we stand for! Get a clue!